Edgar Louis Goben

Photographer: E. L. Goben
Henrietta, Texas (imprinted on reverse)
example from LOST GALLERY

See also:
Perry Frederick Goben
James Lee Goben
Jodi Ann Walker

Edgar Louis Goben
(1868 - 1931)

Timeline
1868 Aug 28
Jackson, MO, state records, Edgar Louis Goben is born to Perry Franklin Goben and Charity A Conklin
1870
Jackson, MO, US census E L Goben at 02 months living with parents
1880
Sherman, TX, US census, Edgar L Goben at age 12 living with parents
1896-1897
Henrietta, TX, Undocumented source places Edgar L Goben as photographer
1889
Montague, TX, state records, Edgar L Goben and Jodi Ann Walker are married
1900
E L Goben seems to have eluded the 1900 US census. It is quite possible that he was in “Indian Territory” (Oklahoma), at the time of the enumeration and was simply overlooked.
1901 Dec 27
Independence, KS, state records, Edgar L Goben and Victorena Penfield are married

1904, 1907
Independence, KS, city directory, E L Goben NOT listed
1905
Sherman, TX city directory E L Goben NOT listed (no Goben listed)
1905 Sep 20
Independence, KS, daughter Lois Goben is born
1909 Nov 23
Independence, KS, state records, E L Goben and Survola E Turner are married
1910 Apr 26
White, AR, US census E L Goben as photographer
1911 Oct 31
Cove, AR, state records, daughter Masie Goben is born
1914
Sherman, TX, city directory E L Goben NOT listed
1915
- lived in Lehigh, OK, according to his mother's obituary, transcribed and posted on Ancestry.com. Original clipping not found.

Records are a bit sketchy on E L Goben. There are still big gaps in his timeline. Only an undocumented source places him in Henrietta, TX, circa 1896-1897.

Also, the example shown on the Jodi Ann Walker page is dated 1907, which might be around the time they divorced.

1916
Sherman, TX, city directory Edgar L Goben as photographer at 417 e Mulberry; res same; wife Servola also listed; (“Successor to P F Goben, my father)”; Perry Goben also listed at 410 N East st
1918
Grayson County, TX, city directory, E L Goben as photographer, 417 e Mulberry st
1920
Grayson County, TX, US census, E L Goben as photographer, 417 e Mulberry st
1921, 1925
Sherman, TX, city directory Edgar L Goben as photographer, Goben’s Cottage Studio at 417 e Mulberry; res same
1926, 1928, 1930
Sherman, TX, city directory Edgar L Goben as photographer at 111 ½ w Houston; rms same
1931 Jan 23
Sherman, TX, state records, Edgar Louis Goben dies at age 62 of chronic hepatitus

photographer: Goben
Henrietta, TX
example from auction site

photographer: Goben
Henrietta, TX
example from auction site

photographer: Goben
Henrietta, TX
example from auction site

photographer: Goben
Henrietta, TX
example from auction site

photographer: Goben
Henrietta, TX
example from Ancestry

photographer: Goben
Henrietta, TX
example from auction site

27 Dec 1901 newspaper notice
Coffeeville newspaper - 06 Dec 1907 Typical Sherman TX city directory ad 1921

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